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And when he came to the ladies chamber, He thrild upon a pinn.[1] The lady was true of her promise, Rose up and lett him in. He ...

Sayes, "there shall never noe churlès blood Within my bodye spring: No churles blood shall ever defile The daughter of a kinge." ...

VIII. Old Robin of Portingale. ................................................................................... From an ancie ...

Or is any of thy good friends dead, That thou shedst manye a teare? "Or, if it be my head bookes-man, Aggrieved he shal bee: For ...

And twentye good-knights he placed at hand, To watch him in his sleepe. And about the middle time of the night, Came twentye-fou ...

unbethought: [properlyonbethought.] This word is still used in the midland counties in the same sense asbethought. Every person ...

IX. Child Waters. ....................................................................................................... Childi ...

Then I wolde have Cheshire and Lancashire both, To take them mine owne to bee." "To morrow, Ellen, I must forth ryde, Farr into ...

He said, "Come hither, thou fair Ellen, Loe yonder what I see. "Seest thou not yonder hall, Ellen? Of redd gold shines the yate; ...

He sayd, come hither, my little foot-page, And hearken what I saye. "Goe thee downe into yonder towne, And low into the street; ...

And then he put on his other clothes, On his body as white as milke. And when he came to the stable dore, Full still there hee d ...

X. Phillida and Corydon. ........................................................................................... This sonnet ...

Hampshire, by the R. H. the Earle of Hertford," 1591, 4to. [Printed by Wolfe. No name of author.] See in that pamphlet, "The Thi ...

XI. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard...................................................................... This ballad is ancien ...

Quoth he, "Thoughe I am my ladyes page, Yet Ime my Lord Barnardes manne. "My Lord Barnard shall knowe of this, Although I lose a ...

"How now, how now, thou little Musgrave, Dost find my gaye ladye sweete?" "I find her sweete, quoth little Musgrave, The more is ...

This sad Mischief by Lust was wrought; Then let us call for Grace, That we may shun the wicked vice And fly from Sin a-pace. ...

XII. The Ew-Bughts Marion. ..................................................................................... A SCOTTISH SONG ...

XIII. The Knight and Shepherd's Daughter. .............................................................. This ballad, given from ...

You have a knighte within your courte, This daye hath robbed mee." "What hath he robbed thee of, sweet heart? Of purple or of pa ...